The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-08-25
TIE PENNsYLvANIANs.
Tbe Stark County association Meets
fuf az Second Annual Session. t,ta

rbe Stark County AssOeiatIOn Meets In
iif Second Annual Session. s,f.,,,.
The second annual, meeting Of the
Pennsylvania Association of Stark cOun.
,ty mt at the Fair Grounds Saturday.
In the morning q preliminary business
meeting was held, at which q commit
tee was appointed to report officers for
next year and constitution. After
this session the meeting, which was
largely attended by native Psnnsylvs-
Disns and their descendants, enjoyed q
basket dinner.
The afternoon session was an inter
esting One, President John Brenner pre-
siding. r Fl. FOlger, chairman OF the
committee. reported q constitution and
officers. both being ratified. The officers
arr: President, John Fl BTenneT; Vice
President. r. A. Cassidy; Secretary, JnO
Laird; Treasurer, John +. Roth. Secre
tary Laird mad the following report
the first meeting, whieh was adopted:
The first meeting OF Pennsylvanians
Of Stark county, was held at Meyers
Lake on the 23d of September, 1885. II
was called to order by r. H. Fol ger.
E-Q., OF Mas. illOn, and organized as 8
Social Society OF Pennsy!Vaniaus and
their Go5end8nts by electiDg John b.
BrenDer, of Canton township, prssidedt
Michael BltZsr, OF Plain township. vice
president; and R. H. FOlger, of Perry
township, secretary. After prayer BY
the Rev. J. n HsTpster, of Canton, the
reading OF ths Pennsylvania German
poem, "Hame Waigb," by Judge Raft
short addresses by FOlGer, Csssida' and
others, 1t vas resolved to regularly hold
an annual meeting of PannsylVanlsDs
and there defendants, and that the next
meeting be held at the Fair Grounds, in
lantOn, on the 20th day Of August, 1887
Pennsylvaniens we're requested to regis
er their names, the year of coming t.
Stark county. the township In StaTh
county In which they live. and theiI
present age. There were 299 that regis
tered, but there we're large number al
the meeting that did not register
Those registered represented thirty six
counties Of Pennsylvania, distributed
"a follows:
Fsyette 2, Mexican I, TIoga l, Union 8
Lancaster 72, York 20, Berks %, Center
10, Armstrong g. Washington A Phila
ieiphis l, Clinton 2, Dauphin 8. ALE
gheny 10, Chester 4, VensngO 2, Green /
Mercer I, Somerset 7. Adams 6, Bedford
I8. WestmOrsland 35. Lebigh 7, Leb
anon 8, Huntingdon l, Luzerne !
81tler /, Franklin Is. Cumberland
Schuylkill 2, Beaver 6, Cambria l, Mont
gOmHry 3, Perry5. Northumberland 2
There were twelve townships of 9taTl
county represented at the meeting al
follows:
Perry 10, Plain %. Bethlehem 4, Can
ton 1856. jackson 10. Nimlshillen IA, Tus
CaFawas ID, Osnaburg 2, Sugar Greek ]
Lake 10, Lexington 8, Pike 2.
The oldest person at the meeting wa
Peter Ware, aged so years, who came t
Canton in the year 1916, from Adam
county, Penna. The youngest was Mis-
Katie Al. Black, aged four years, VIII,
came to Canton from Lancaster In 1882
The only deaths Of PennsylVanlans tina
attended our first meeting that know
of. were Peter Ware, who came from
Adams county In 1916, and Jacob HOlI
Who settled In Plain township In 1882
L think 1t would be q good thing /
the s0ciety would have vice preslden
In each township, who would report tn,
deaths Of Psnnsylvanians In the town
ship during the year to the secretary 0
the society, who should keep record o
them and report to the society OF thei
next meeting.
| OF those at our frst meeting ther
we're thirty'ave between the ages 0
seventy I've and ninety years, and be
tween fifty and seventy there were on
hundred and twenty three.
Prof. Ulery delivered the annual sd
dress, followed by remarks by Cassidy
FolgeT, Father Bechtel, Mother Hui
Some "reminiscences Of the older mem
6ers close d the meeting.